Improvement in canisters



W. J. RASIN.

CANISTERS.

Patented 0ct.31, 1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEc WILLIAM J. BASIN, OF JENKINTOWN,PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANISTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,971, dated October31, 1876; application led May e, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. BASIN, ofJenkintown, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Canisters or Show-Boxes; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a clear and exact description ofthe nature thereof, sufficient to enable others skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains, to fully understand, make, and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part ofthis speciiication, in which- Figures l and 2 are front views of thecanister or box embodying my invention. Figs. 3 and 4 are side viewsthereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention consists of a downward-opening lid, which is adapted as areceptacle or trough for catching the droppings from the canister orbox, and also for purposes of exhibition of samples. It also consists ofthe front of a canister or box, constructed with a concavity forreceiving and supporting the convex face of the lid thereof.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of a canister or box,and B the lid, which,is constructed of semi-cylindrical form, and hingedto the body A, so that it may be opened downward. It will be seen thatwhen the lid is opened it presents or constitutes a receptacle or troughat the front side of the body A, so that when articles are being liftedby scoop or hand forward from the interior of the body, droppings willfall into the lid, and they are thus gathered and prevented from fallingon the floor. By this construction, also, the lid provides means forexhibitingsamples of thecontents of thebody, and thus there is formed animproved order of show-boxes. When the lid is shut, the body will becompletely closed.

In order to present the opening of the body to the front, one of theupper corners is cut away to form such opening, as more clearly shown inFigs. 3 and 4., and the lid is hinged to the wall of the canister at thebottom of said opening; the side walls extending in a diagonal directionfor supporting the lid in a closed position, and preventing theaccidental opening thereof.

The front face of the body A is formed with a concavity, G, which is solocated that when the lid is opened its outer or convex face will enterand be supported in said concavity, which also permits the lid to opento a great extent and fully expose the inner or concave face of the lid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The body A, having a downward-Opeliing lid, B, which, when opened,presents a receptacle at one side ofthe body, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth.

2. The body A, having a concavity,0, in one of its sides, in combinationwith the semicylindrical lid B, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

WILLIAM J. BASIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDEEsHEIM, A. P. GEANT.

